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H.S. football roundup: Defending champ tested by MAU

MIDDLEBURY – It took a second-half rally, but two-time defending Division I champion Middlebury extended its winning streak to 23 games with a 21-13 victory over Mount Anthony in high school football on Friday

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H.S. football roundup: Defending champ tested by MAU

Free Press Sports Staff
Published 12:13 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2015

Mount Abraham's Casey Kimball (39) runs with the ball during Friday night’s football game against Burlington at Buck Hard Field. Kimball led the Eagles with 85 yards rushing on 11 carries.(Photo11: BRIAN JENKINS/ for the FREE PRESS)

MIDDLEBURY – It took a second-half rally, but two-time defending Division I champion Middlebury extended its winning streak to 23 games with a 21-13 victory over Mount Anthony in high school football on Friday night.

Quarterback Noah Normyle found Will Fischer for a 57-yard touchdown pass on the Patriots’ second play to stake the visitors a 7-0 lead in the first quarter.

Neither team scored again until the second half in a game that saw two interceptions by each team, a combined seven fumbles, three Tiger touchdowns called back by penalties, and two possible Patriot TD passes dropped.

The Tigers tied the game with a 55-yard drive in the third quarter capped by a five-yard Cortland Fischer (nine carries, 61 yards) run at 6:27. On the next Tiger possession, they again moved 55 yards, this time in two plays, a 54-yard completion from QB Oakley Gordon to tight end Sawyer Ryan followed by a one-yard run by Ali Abdul-Sater at 4:59. Abdul-Sater led the Tigers with 15 carries for 123 yards; in all, they rushed for 254 yards on 54 carries and added 75 through the air. The Tigers held MAU to 31 yards on the ground.

The Tigers made it 21-7 when linebacker Jerry Niemo returned an interception 35 yards for a score with 2:52 left in the fourth and Gordon kicked his third extra point.

Normyle (15 of 24 for 227 yards) tossed a 31-yard strike to Damon Burgess on a 4th-and-10 play with 1:15 to go to create the final score.

•Rutland 28, Champlain Valley 7: A 36-yard scoring pass from Andy Kenosh to Cam Slade gave Rutland a 21-7 lead in the fourth period and the Raiders went on to win a Division I opener at Alumni Field.

CVU had just cut a 14-0 halftime deficit to 14-7 on a 1-yard plunge by Nick Kinneston.

Following Slade’s score, Rutland added a 2-yard plunge by Kenosh with 1:35 left after a 46-yard interception return by Jared Miglorie of an Andrew Bostnick pass.

Caleb White had a 9-yard scoring run for Rutland and Kyle Cassarino caught a 21-yard pass from Kenosh for a TD.

CVU 250 yards on the ground, with Bostnick toting for 64 and Richard Lowery for 60., but only 17 through the air.

Kenosh ran for 88 for the Raiders and passed for 101 on 7 of 13 passing.

•Woodstock 33, Mill River 7: On just nine carries, Bill Wood racked up 158 yards and three touchdowns to power host Woodstock to the Division III win over Mill River.

Ezra Astbury added 84 yards on 15 carries and Patrick Potter returned a blocked punt 19 yards for another score for the Wasps.